The instruction to compare two things is not a question, not even if you tack a wrongly placed question mark onto the end of the sentence.
ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart...
Violence, breakdown of society, darkness, language, war, relationships, the lord of the flies
Darkness
The "Lord of the Flies" symbolizes the evil and savagery that exists within each person. It represents the darkness and destructive impulses that can emerge when civilization and order break down.
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The Lord of the Flies itself to Simon
In "Lord of the Flies," darkness symbolizes the descent into savagery and the loss of civilization and order. It represents the characters' inner darkness and the growing fear and violence on the island. Darkness also conveys the theme of the loss of innocence and the presence of evil within human nature.
Simon is the boy in Lord of the Flies who has the spiritual encounter with the "Lord of the Flies". Simon has an epileptic fugue and holds an imaginary internalised converstion with the Lord of the Flies, which is simply a projection of the evil within himself.
Only once at the end of the book when he releases all of his emotions out because of the "loss of innocence, the darkness of man's heart" and the death of Piggy.
In "The Lord of the Flies," Simon is a character who represents goodness, spirituality, and enlightenment. He has a mystical connection to the island and possesses a deeper understanding of the darkness within the boys. The Lord of the Flies, personifying the evil and savagery within the boys, confronts Simon in a hallucination, revealing the inherent darkness that exists in all of them.
In the context of "Lord of the Flies," the "gift of darkness" can refer to the inherent evil and savagery that exists within all humans, as explored through the boys' descent into barbarism on the deserted island. It symbolizes the primal instincts and darkness that emerge when societal norms and rules are stripped away.
No, but at the very end of the book, quote... Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.